World's best Universities in 2021

This year’s QS World University Rankings reveals the top 1.000 universities from around the world, covering 80 different locations. There are 47 new entrants in this year’s top 1.000 while over 5,500 universities were evaluated and considered for inclusion. While the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) continues its record-breaking streak at number one - the ninth year in a row it’s achieved this feat - the big story this year is the impressive gains made by Asian universities. 26 institutions from the continent now feature in the global top 100, more than ever before. The highest ranking among them is the National University of Singapore, in 11th place. It is closely followed by the Nanyang Technological University (also in Singapore) in 13th place. China’s best placed university is Tsinghua University (Beijing) – ranked at 15th.

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The QS World University Rankings portfolio, inaugurated in 2004, has grown to become the world’s most popular source of comparative data about university performance. QS Quacquarelli Symonds is (in own words) the world’s leading provider of services, analytics, and insight to the global higher education sector. 

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